You know?

Yeah, definitely.

Like, it was my first big crash of my career.

And, you know, at that time, especially, it's like I didn't want to bring attention to myself in that way because it's like, oh, you think, like, a bad driver is somebody that crashes.

So at all costs, I'm like, you're avoiding crashes, right? So for that to finally happen to me at that time, I mean, yeah, my self-confidence was completely shattered.

I felt so bad, one, that the car was, like, totaled.

to that I had basically been the cause for the race being like stopped essentially.

This is your life, right? How do you feel like what part of that journey are you on now when it comes to that?

What did it take to get back on the track again after that?

I still get, like, chills thinking about that moment.

But it shattered my confidence.

I just had all these thoughts and self-doubts of whether I was good enough to be there, whether I belonged in motorsport.

I made the decision for myself that I wasn't giving myself enough grace, because everybody in motorsport eventually crashes.

Samantha says she wants to amplify the sport, and encourage young racers to give their dreams a spin.

I firmly believe in the statement, "If you can see it, you can be it." And for any little girl that might see me on TV or see me racing and think that she might be able to do it herself, I think it's so powerful to show that, you know, we can define success on our own terms.

And we're here to stay.